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Historian James Truslow Adams often receives credit for first popularizing the idea of the American dream.
America's First Poet. Anne Bradstreet was a famous poet from the 17th century. She is the first American poet and the first female poet to be published both in England and America. Bradstreet was born in England, where her father worked as an administrator for an earl. Her parents made sure that she was educated while growing up, more so than most women of the time.